What she saw, however, caused Nora to take a few slow steps backwards.

Three revolvers were pointed over her head at the mountaineer.

The revolvers were in the hands of Grace Harlowe, Lieutenant Wingate and Elfreda Briggs.
The mountaineer saw the weapons at the same time.
"Drop it!" bellowed Hippy.

"Drop it or I'll bore you full of holes!" The mountain man permitted his grasp on his rifle to relax and the weapon fell to the ground.
"Back up!" commanded Hippy.

"Don't play any tricks, and keep your hands away from your holster.